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Student Athlete Suicide Rates Have Doubled Since 2002

Confessions of a Community College Dean

College athlete suicide rates have doubled over the past two decades, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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N.C. A&T Celebrates 64th Anniversary of A&T Four’s Historic Sit-In

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Barnhill installed the sculpture in 2002 in front of Dudley Memorial Building. The statue depicting the A&T Four walking purposefully alongside each other is the most photographed element of the university’s 132-year-old campus. The program will feature song selections by the N.C.

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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dillon – a Whittier Board member from 1994-2012 and chair of its Enrollment and Student Life Committee from 2002-2012 – rejoined the board earlier this year. Dillon holds a Ph.D. in economics of higher education from Claremont Graduate University, a master’s in education also from Claremont, and a B.A. in English from Whittier.

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Dr. Ben Vinson III Appointed President of Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2002, Diverse named Vinson an Emerging Scholar. A gender imbalance also exists at Howard – Over 70% of Howard’s 9,800 undergrads last fall were women – an issue many other HBCUs have also encountered.

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Report: HBCUs Received 178 Times Less Foundation Funding than Ivy League Schools in 2019

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, foundation support of HBCUs declined 30% between 2002-2019. The May 2 study found that the eight Ivy League schools received $5.5 billion from foundations in 2019. In contrast, 99 HBCUs got $45 million. Philanthropy tends to fund organizations that they know,” ABFE President Susan Taylor Batten said.

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What ResLife Professionals Can Learn From The Manga/Anime “Naruto”

Roompact

Its anime companion aired in 2002 and was completed in 2007. If any fans out there want to get into the specifics, I’m especially a fan of Naruto: Shippuden. If you’re unfamiliar, Naruto is a Japanese manga series written by Masashi Kishimoto. Subsequently, Shippuden began in 2007. Continue Reading →

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State universities admit more out-of-state students for the tuition bump - Elaine S. Povich, Stateline

Ray Schroeder

In 47 states, public research universities increased the proportion of out-of-state undergraduate students they admitted between 2002 and 2022, according to an analysis of federal education data done for Stateline by University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor Nicholas Hillman.